Salt and pepper shaker



W. G. MARR.

SALT AND PEPPER SHAKER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20. 1922.

Patented Nov. 28, 1922 Patented Nov. 28 1922.

omen era-res -WILLIAM G. MARE, or LOS AneELns, CALIFORNIA.

SALT AND PEPPER SHAKER.

. Applieationfiled February 20, 1922. Seri'alNo. 537,830.

1 '0 all 'iuhom ii may concern.

Be it known .that I, 'VVILLIAMG. MARK, a.

citizen ofthe United States, .residing atLos Angeles, in the county ofiLos Angel es and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Salt and Pepper Shakers, of which the following is aspec1 fication. I

My inventionv relates to condiment hold-- ers, and' a purpose of myiinvention is the L provision of a condiment holder including twocontainers adapted to contain condiments of differentvcharacters andremovablyassociated with each other to facilitate filling-of. thesame, with a shutter controlling the discharge openings of both containers and gravity actuatedto automatically close or open the discharge openings of one. container or the other dependingllpon Which container is disposed uppermost or lowermost'when the holder -is;in discharging poclaims. 7 Y 1 sition.

IwilLde'scribe one form of condiment holderj embodying my invention and will then point out the novelfeatures thereof in .In the accompanying drawings,

Figurel is a view showing in perspective and. in discharging position one form of condiment holder embodying my invention.

. Fig. 2 is a central vertical. sectional View of the condiment holder shown in Fig. 1 with portions thereof broken away.

: 'Figl 3is a detail perspective view of one of the containers comprised in the holder shown in the preceding views. Fig. 4 is a detail'perspe'ctive view of the shutter comprised in the holder.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the weight. on shutter actuating member comprised in the holder. 1. F -f Fig. 6 is a view showing in side and end elevations, the shaft comprising the holder.

Fig. 7 is a view showing in side elevation the bearing sleeve comprised in the holder.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in each of the several views.

Referring specifically to the drawings my invention, in its present embodiment, comprises two containers K and K, each of which as clearly shown .in Fig. 3, is of semicircular form in cross section and tapered from its lower end to its upper end so that when the two are assembled as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 they have the general. centour of the usual condiment holder. The upper end of eachcontaine'r is open as indicated at 15, while the lower end is closed and'pr'ovided with a semi-circular groove 16, the

purpose of which will be described. hereinafter. I On the inner' or flat side of, each container a vlongitudinally extending groove or channell'? is formed, the grooves ofthe two containers cooperating to. accon'imodate a sleeve bearing Bwhich, as shown in;Fig. 7, is threaded at its opposite ends for the purpose of securinga base C at its lower;

end-and a cover D at its upper-end. The base B is of disc form to accommodate. the lower ends of the two containers K and K, and as shown in Fig.2this base is provided with an annular flange 18 which serves to space the-body of thebase from any support upon which it reposes. :The upper side of the base .is formed with an annular bead or rib 19 concentricofthe axis of the disc and adapted to fit within the grooves 16. of the. containers when the "latter. are in. position thereupon as clearly shown in Fig. 2. I i

The cover D, as shownin Fig. 21s formed with discharge openings or perforations 20, these perforations being arranged in two groups, one group for each container and through which the contents ofithe contain ers is adapted to be discharged. At the marginal edge of the cover D a depending annular, flange 21 is formed and thisfiange displacement of the containers from between the cover and base when the latter are in applied position. i i j Rotatably mounted within the bearing sleeve B is a shaft-S, the upper end of which is formed with a reduced extension 22 having two flat sides and two curved sides with the latter screw-threaded to accommodate a cap nut 23. The nut 23 is--designed to secure a shutter T upon the extension 22, the latter, being fiat and of semi circular outline as clearly shown in Fig. i with an ear 24 provided with an opening of the same contour as the extension so as to receive the latter. The area of the shutter T is such as to close all of the perforations of either group, and by being mounted upon the shaft S this shutter is movable to close either one group of perforations or the other.

For automatically actuating the shutter, a

weight W is removably fitted upon an en cross sectional contour as the section 22 with its rounded sides screw -threaded to receive a nut 26. for confining the weight upon the extension. As clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 5, the weight isof semidisc formation and it progressively increases in thickness from its axis to its periphery so that the preponderance of weight is at the periphery for the purpose of inereasingthe leverage to facilitate the rotation of the shaft. S.

,Forfrictionally retaining the shaft in a def nite positionand to thereby prevent accidental movement of the. shutter T, a coiled expansible spring :27 is mounted upon theextension 25 between the nut 26 and the weight ;W, thereby eXertin g an upward pressure upon ,'the,weight WV and a downward pressure upon theshaft S. By thisarrang'emerit it will be seen that through an upward adjustment of the nut 26 the shutter T and thewei'ghtlY will frictionally engage the cover and base, respectively, with the desired amount of pressure. I In the Opes tionof the condiment holder, salt'may placed in one container and pepper, the other, and if it is desired to discharge pepper or f'salt from the holder, the, desired container is presented lowermost when theholder is in discharging "position as shown in Fig. '1. Duringthemovement of; the holder-to dischl'rging position, the weight, V will gravitate "to its lowermost p ositionhthereby actuating the-shaft S to move the shutter T to its uppermost positionor in closing, relation with respect to the perforations of the upper container. This naturally preventsthe discharge of condiment from the uppercoiitainer, while the'openin'gs'of the lo'wercontaihe'r are open to permit of the discharge of the respective condiment therefrom.

It will be clearthat by reversing the position of the holder the weight W will gravt tate to move thesliutt'er in closing position with relation to the perforations of the other containerso that the other'character of condiment can be discharged from the respective container. 1

Altl1ough I have herein shown and dc scrihed only one form of condiment holder embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made hereinwithout departing from the spirit of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

lVhat I claim is:

-1. A condiment holder comprising a pair of containers, means for clamping the con tainers in holder formation, a shaft -'eXtending through said means, a shutter fiXed to the shaft and movable to control the discharge of material from either of the containers,'and a weight fixedto the shaft and operating to urge the shutter to a defiiiitie position whereby when one container is lowermost and the other container uppermost, the discharge of naterial from the former -i permitted. while the discharge of material from the latter is prevented. j

2. A condiment holder comprising 'a pair of containers, means forjclainping the containers in "holder formation, a shaft extending throi 'ghsaic'l means, a "shiitter firied to the shaft and movable to control the discharge ofma'teria'l from either of the containers, a weight fixed to thes'haft'a nd oper-' atiii'g 'to urge theshu'tte'r to a definite po sitioii, and a springassoeiated with the'shaft for 'yiel'dah'l'y maintaining the shutter against movement. p

A condiment holder comprising apair of containers having ope'n upper ends I and grooves formed inthe confronting sides thereof, a bearing sleeve mounted between the containers and in said "grooves, a shaft joiirnaled in the sleeve, a basesecu'red to the lowerend of the s leiev'e a perforated cover secured to the upper end of the sleeve and spanning the 'op'e'n ends ofsaid containers, a shutter fixed'to the shaftand controlling the apertures of sa'idcoven 'a weight secured to the lower end of the shaft and serving to gravitate the'shaft to a'position in which said shutter closes certain 'ofsaid perforations, and means "carried by theb'ase and cover for preventingaccidental displacement dtthe ofitainers, Y

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM G. Miss. 

